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` i rrnn f srANLnY AsHwoivrH, jor New Yoan, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,551, dated February 121, `1884:. Application filed October 19, 18373. (No model.)`

To all whom t may concern:

' in the city, county, and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Builders Hods, of which the following is a speciiication. Y

The aim of my invention is to improve the ordinary builders hods used for brick or mortar, so as to render them lighter, stronger, and cheaper than the wooden hods now used, and impervious-to leakages of mortar, V'and also detachable in parts, so as to `be capable of being more closely packed for transportation. Ifo best accomplish this object, the V-shaped body or the entire hod is preferably made or molded from paper in the sheet or pulp, or from any other suitable material, so as to .be without open seams or joints at its angles, as heretofore, which constitutes another leading feature of my invention.

A further feature of my invention consists in forming the shank of the handle separate or detachable from the box of the head, with a short fork or socket affixed to the box adapt- Ved to receive the handle, and a clasp or fastening device to secure the detachable handle in the said fork or socket.

My invention further lies in the special construction of the fork or handle socket and the clasp or fastening device to clamp the handle thereto, and also in details connected with the hod-box, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings annexed, Figure l presents a perspective view of a hod constructed according to my invention, the handle being broken away below the fork. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the same with the handle separated from kthe fork onV the bod-box.

In the drawings, c indicates the troughshaped box or hopper of the hod, which is of the usual V shape in cross-section, being open at one end, but being closed near the opposite end by the cross-partition or shelf b, against which the bricks or mortar are loaded, 'and which usually has a convex-curved top rising above the sides of the Vshaped box,as shown.

The figures in the drawings represent a `brick-hod inwhich the sides of the V-shaped trough or box a are prolonged beyond the end partition, b, in the form of wings a', upon ly-inclined position while being loaded, as is well known. In the mortar-bod themsides of the trough a usually terminate perpendicularly beyond the partition b, but the construction will be otherwise the same, and this difi ference is immaterial as regards my improvements. Heretofore these hods have been generally formcdof three boards, the sides of the V shaped trough being formed of two boards .meeting at the angle, while the partition b was formed of a third board rabbeted into the sides of the former. Cotton. packing and white lead were frequently used at the which the hod is rested endwise and in a slightjoints of the board to render the same tight.

Owing, however, to the caustic nature of the mortar and the swelling, warping, and shrinkage of the boards in use, the joints become leaky, allowing the mortar to frequently trickle out in small quantities upon the neck or shoulders of the hed-carrier with very unpleasant effect, and in many cases with serious injury to the flesh, owing to the gritty and caustic character of the mortar. Besides the effect of these leaks upon the workman, the hod soon becomes too leaky to properly retain the mortar from this warping and opening of thej oints, and has therefore to be abandoned.

Now, according to my improvement I form the V-shaped trough a of one integral sheet,

both sides of which are continuous or integral with each other, and without joint or seam at `the apex or angle of the V, as shown 1n Figs.

l and 2, and hence all leakage at this point is prevented, and the construction at the same time rendered stronger and not liable to leak `by warping. This continuous V-shaped trough is made of paperfand can either be pressed from thick sheets into the desired shape or `molded from the pulp, according to the methods employed in the manufacture of articles of papier-mache. be pressed or molded integral with the sides, or it may be made separate from lthe sides and then securely jointed with the former in any suitable way. I greatly prefer, however, to make the entire box of the hed-the end b and V-shaped trough car-from paper pressed or molded in one integral or practically integral. structure without open seams or joints at its angles, and rendered water-proof by suitable The end partition, b, mayincorporated chemicals or by superficial paints or Ivarnishes, as generally employed in thef manufacture of4 papier-mache. A hod thus formed is not only perfectly impervious, but very light, tough, strong, and comparatively cheap, and constitutes a great and much-needed improvement in this part of builders apparatus. When the hod-box is thus made of paper, as described, the thickness of the walls need not much exceed one-quarter of an inch, but this may vary according to circumstances; and I prefer to strengthen certain parts of the box with fittings of malleable iron or other metal at suitable points. I usually prefer to afx a V-shaped casting, d, on the under side of the box at the edge of its open end, as shown in Fig. 1, which greatly strengthens what weuld otherwise be a weak point without adding appreciable weight to the hod, and thus renders the box quite strong and capable j of resisting all the usual strains and shocks at this point. If desired, the top and end edges of the paper hod may be bound and strengthened with a sheet-metal or cast-metal binding 5 but it is not thought necessary. I prefer, however, to affix a sheet-metal binding, f, around the top edge of the end partition, b, and partly down the sides of the box, as shown in Figs. l and 2, which greatly strengthens the structure and enables it to better resist shocks.

The shoulder-pad f/ of the hod may be made of paper or other material, but wood is thought to be preferable for this.

The handle of hods is usually made of a light hickory pole, split at the upper end, and the fork thus vformed straddles the V-shaped base of the box at about the middle thereof, and is then nailed to the sides thereof. According to my improvement, however, I make the straddling forkseparate from the handle, and then clasp or socket the two together.

In Figs. l and2, 7L indicates the fork, and fi the handle. The fork is formed, preferably, of two strips of sheet metal or malleable-iron nailed on the converging sides ofthe hod-box and projecting below the same, opposite each other, parallel with the handle. The part of each strip which is nailed to the box is flat, while the part projecting below it is curved into a tubular curve adapted to fit the handle, so that the space between the two curved strips forms .a tubular socket, into which the upper end of the handle may be inserted. The handle is made of a light pole of wood with a V-shaped notch at the top to lit against the V-shaped base of the box, and which prevents the handle from turning whenin its socket. The jaws of the socket are encircled by a collar or sleeve, 7c, provided with aclamp-screw, Z, whereby the fork may be firmly clamped upon the handle, thus scouring the handle firmly to the hod-box, yet in a manner which is readily detachable when required. By this construction the fork of the handle, which has been heretofore a weak point, is rendered quite strong, and, furthermore, when the hods j are to be shipped the handles may be detached from the boxes, and thus packed into much more compact shape, which are important advantages.

If desired, the attached ends of the strips h and the strengthening metallic fittings d, Src., may be embedded or partly embedded in the paper walls of the hod in the process of pressing or molding the same. l

I do not confine myself to the precise construction of the fork shown, for instead of being made of two strips clasped by a clamping collar or sleeve, it may be a continuous' .ers hod having its trough or box made of paper, 'substantially as herein set forth.

2. A hod having its V-shaped trough formed of a sheet or mass of paper without seams or joint at the apex of the V, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

3. A h'od having its box formed entire of paper, or equivalent plastic material, pressed or molded in one integral structure without seams or joints at its angles, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A hod having its trough formed of paper strengthened by metallic fittings affixed at the edges thereof, substantially as herein 4set forth.

5. The combination, with a hod-box, of the metallic strengthening-crotch d, affixed thereto at the edge of its open end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. A hod having its fork formed of two strips, h lz., affixed to the box, with a handle adapted to 4fit between the same, and an encircling clasp to securely clamp the strips to the handle, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a hod-box, of the metal strips 7L h, affixed thereto, the handle a, adapted to fit between the same, and the col- IOO lIO

lar la and set-screw Z, arranged to clasp said f 

